Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 8538; Congressional Record Vol. 166, No. 174
(House of Representatives - October 06, 2020)

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           By Mr. HOLDING:
        H.R. 8538.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1: ``To lay and collect Taxes, 
     Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide 
     for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United 
     States; but all Duties, Imposts, and Excises shall be uniform 
     throughout the United States''.
       Further, the Sixteenth Amendment provides Congress the 
     power to ``lay and collect taxes on income, from whatever 
     source derived''.